Sans Soleil

Sans Soleil was a documentary by filmmaker Chris Marker. The film basically shows shots that a traveler saw when he was over seas. A woman narrates the film.

This was one of the weirdest films I have ever seen. It's hard for me to even call it a documentary because it's so abstract. But Bill Nichols would consider this movie to be a Poetic Documentary.

In the movie there is a woman narrating over the film, but what she's saying doesn't really relate to what is going on in the movie. There are some points in the film where I felt like I could connect what was going on in the film with the narration, but it wasn't very often. I think the film is visually beautiful and I think the narration is very beautiful too. It's a beautiful piece of art.

Below is a clip from the film to get an idea of what it is like.